Blondin, you have some Esplanin to do.

Tattoos (trampstamps) with words like "____ Slut" "C------ S----" the F word is used several times... all advertized in search, classified ads, etc... Oh an i sell them so it is commercialized content.

And no slut is fine right now... however the descriptive words before the word slut in my tattoos/advertisement/search/product names are "banned" words.

Oh and looking around Zindra... beds *are* enough to send you to Zindra... go figure

Need to move = you are eligible for the current round of land swaps going on.


Voluntary move = you wait until they start selling land in Zindra and buy some. Everybody on the grid is allowed to take advantage of this voluntary program at such time as they start selling Zindra.

In the beginning there will be a flurry of ARs and other unpleasantness then it will just settle down until it looks like nothing has really changed. After all, the only way LL actually intend to police this is by having the resident vigilante squads do it for them.

What "resident vigilante squads"?

I've asked this before, and I'll ask again; it's a serious question. Taken in combination with Ian's conspiracy theories regarding the "anti-BDSM" push on these threads, which he darkly implies are in some way linked to LL policy changes (Where? How did I miss these?), I am led to conclude that some people believe there is an organized movement out there directing people to AR BDSM and other adult content.

Who are these people? Frankly, I'd expect to know of them, given my own in-world connections, but I've seen nothing that remotely resembles these putative "vigilante squads."

Whoever they are, they need a good spanking.

Right. And you're the gerbil that's going to give it to them?

What "resident vigilante squads"?

I've asked this before, and I'll ask again; it's a serious question. Taken in combination with Ian's conspiracy theories regarding the "anti-BDSM" push on these threads, which he darkly implies are in some way linked to LL policy changes (Where? How did I miss these?), I am led to conclude that some people believe there is an organized movement out there directing people to AR BDSM and other adult content.

Who are these people? Frankly, I'd expect to know of them, given my own in-world connections, but I've seen nothing that remotely resembles these putative "vigilante squads."

What "resident vigilante squads"?

I've asked this before, and I'll ask again; it's a serious question. Taken in combination with Ian's conspiracy theories regarding the "anti-BDSM" push on these threads, which he darkly implies are in some way linked to LL policy changes (Where? How did I miss these?), I am led to conclude that some people believe there is an organized movement out there directing people to AR BDSM and other adult content.

Who are these people? Frankly, I'd expect to know of them, given my own in-world connections, but I've seen nothing that remotely resembles these putative "vigilante squads."

[in ]
Not sure that ANYONE can really be said to "speak for" the SLLUFN (that's not really how we operate), but I think my characterization of the consensus in the group is a pretty accurate one.

What "resident vigilante squads"?

What "resident vigilante squads"?

I've asked this before, and I'll ask again; it's a serious question. Taken in combination with Ian's conspiracy theories regarding the "anti-BDSM" push on these threads, which he darkly implies are in some way linked to LL policy changes (Where? How did I miss these?), I am led to conclude that some people believe there is an organized movement out there directing people to AR BDSM and other adult content.

Who are these people? Frankly, I'd expect to know of them, given my own in-world connections, but I've seen nothing that remotely resembles these putative "vigilante squads."

yeah no idea how you didn't get swapped

There are many different groups that go around tackling their favourite undesirable social behaviour - bots groups are a very good example of this.
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Because people who should not have got swapped earlier have managed to get a swap. Now the whole concept of auctioning land there is being undermined so they're trying to be clever.

The people behind this migration plan couldn't run a knees up in a brewery.

They Really should have just made a NEW continent for the people who wanted something in between Adult and PG, or even just make it all PG since there is really not much difference between Mature and PG anymore

They should have made a PG continent and an adult continent and allowed everyone who wanted to, to voluntarily move there and then imposed their existing community standards.

They tried to make PG include "No social references to alcohol" which isn't PG in anyone's book. They want to merge the grids, they want the teens here so they're trying to make the mainland kid friendly. This is do damn obvious.

They should have made a PG continent and an adult continent and allowed everyone who wanted to, to voluntarily move there and then imposed their existing community standards.

They tried to make PG include "No social references to alcohol" which isn't PG in anyone's book. They want to merge the grids, they want the teens here so they're trying to make the mainland kid friendly. This is do damn obvious.

But then we couldn't have the massive money grab that will occur, for LL as well as favorite land barons as people flee Vanillaland, selling their old property at a loss,perhaps abandoning it, where it will be ready to be snapped up by those "millions odf unheard voices" seeking a More Predictable Experience(tm)

PG Life , an idea

All right .. there have been several posts in the last month on divergent topics that all are actually related in a certain way I think.

First, There are a lot of people for and against Teen SL .. one of the agruements of the opponents if they should not automatically graduate into the Current Adult grid on their 18th birthday becuase of the X rated matarial.

Second, There are many who are against the Lag creating/sexual content themed clubs.

Third, Quite a few are against Sex in SL anyway, for whatever reason. Many to the point they want to impose their veiws on others.

Fourth, there are people who wish they could be in Teen Second life becuase of the restrictions on sexual content.

WELL .. is it an entirely unrealistic idea to add another Grid seperate from The Main Grid the Teen Grid and the Test Grid ?..

Just make it the PG Grid ....


Many Massive Online games maintain a much larger number of servers then Second Life .. so I suppose its feasible from a technical standpoint.


Maybe though, it will lack interest?



If thats the case .. what does that say about the VERY vocal opponents of sexual themed content? Would it mean their feelings are an extreme minority?

You may want to research the posting history of other members in that group.

I don't think it's deliberately at us - it's just we're the latest policy change. Although the police blotter does appear to be focussing on Adult content on mature land. I'm sure it will die down eventually.

One way it happens, is a bit like Mob rule.

Someone sees a child av (clothed) on a nude beach .. Suddenly the Nude beach's group chat lights up - "AR THIS PEDO!!!!!" ..

20 minutes later there are AR's claiming the Av was naked, that the AV was a RL kid, that the AV was shooting people, etc.

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Of course there's the groups trying to get action on actual banned activity like Gambling, or Ad farms. The idea is 50 ARs are more effective than 1.


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Used to happen back in the old days too, Clubs would broadcast asking for ARs against someone they thought was a griefer, or someone who was obnoxious even.

Its just worse now since there are things that are actually banned.


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It will always be that way as long as LL is more likely to respond to lots of complaints than just one.

Thread started: Apr 18 2009, 12:13 PM EDT Watch
Here are three helpful links to bring light upon a dark topic.

The direct e-mail link to Second life abuse team.
[email]indra-abuse@secondlife.com[/email]

This will allow you to file an abuse report and include more evidence than the in world abuse report form allows.. Also this provides the beginning for accountability for the Governance team. After you send the e-mail you will receive an abuse report number. This will tie the Abuse report to a Linden employee..
Now the next step if you do not receive a response to the content that you are reporting or it appears as if it were being brushed aside and not taken seriously.
Include the Abuse report number and all the information about the content that you are concerned about and report the content here.
http://www.iwf.org.uk/

http://www.ceop.gov.uk/
Both of these sites are concerned about the Violent Content in Second Life even more so if they know minors are accessing it. Now if any of these agencies feel what have have presented them is worth looking at they will contact Linden Labs and begin asking questions. If you took step one and have a Abuse report number these questions will trickle down to the Linden lab employee who was assigned the abuse report.

Originally Posted by Scylla Rhiadra
What "resident vigilante squads"?

...

Who are these people? Frankly, I'd expect to know of them, given my own in-world connections, but I've seen nothing that remotely resembles these putative "vigilante squads."

Friday, 3 April 2009
Network meeting - March 29th
One of our members is also a member of a fashion group and had been sent details of a new skin called ‘Raped’. This depicts a woman covered in cuts and bruises. One nipple has been cut off and the word ‘whore’ has been cut into her stomach.

The topic of this meeting was to have been a discussion on the Gorean ‘life-style’ (or should that be Second Life-style) but the sight of this skin had regenerated both disgust and anger at the depiction of such sexual violence towards women.

We are starting to feel that we really must take some action, even if it only to raise awareness or generate debate.

Some suggestions were:-
- To organise a boycott of the designer
- To repost this as ‘abuse’
- To wear the skin and demonstrate with placards

We are always faced with the dilemma of not wanting to ‘moralise’ or be seen as wishing to restrict ‘freedoms’ however also feeling angry and disgusted.

Where should the line be drawn and what should we do about it?

This issue just won’t go away.

I've asked this before, and I'll ask again; it's a serious question. Taken in combination with Ian's conspiracy theories regarding the "anti-BDSM" push on these threads, which he darkly implies are in some way linked to LL policy changes (Where? How did I miss these?), I am led to conclude that some people believe there is an organized movement out there directing people to AR BDSM and other adult content.

"I recently sent in Abuse Reports concerning two sex animations for sale at a stall in a BDSM sim, the one called “Forced Missionary,” and the other “Forced Doggie Style.” Images associated with each showed a “couple” engaged in copulation employing the specified positions, the chief thing distinguishing these from other similar animations apparently being the fact that the male was, in each case, pinning the female down, or holding her in place, by her hair. . . .

Originally Posted by SLLU Feminist Network draft notecard
By publically expressing our views we risk being seen as prudish or as advocating censorship and in so doing endangering the ethos of Second Life. We are not any of these. We do however feel we have a responsibility to make our views known and to try to influence change.

We are therefore beginning a campaign against the public depiction of rape in Second Life.

Rape is the most extreme form of sexual violence against women. There remains among rapists and potential rapists the myth that women (some at least) secretly welcome this kind of sexual abuse. Therefore when we hear the argument that rape doesn’t exist in Second Life because it is consensual we are not reassured. We have no real understanding of the emotional impact on those taking part in such activities in Second Life or how such role play may influence behaviour in physical life although there is a body of evidence about the impact of extreme pornography in other media.

Just as in age role play there is nothing we can do about couples or groups enacting rape scenarios in private. There is however something we can do about the acceptance of rape role play in ‘public’. We are aware of the plans to create ‘adult’ Sims and see this not as an opportunity to ‘ghettoize’ rape role play but as an opportunity to take rape role play out of the Second Life experience.

We therefore call for the following to be designated as breaching community standards and to therefore be the subject of abuse reports with the usual consequences.

Groups or Sims advertising or promoting rape play

The sale of rape animations or skins depicting victims of rape

Pornographic images of rape in any form

As individuals we may want to adopt differing ways of campaigning but as members of this group we agree on these aims and will do our best to support each other in our campaign and to bring the issue to the attention of the wider Second Life community.

They should have made a PG continent and an adult continent and allowed everyone who wanted to, to voluntarily move there and then imposed their existing community standards.